03872nam 2200793 a 450 991046512430332120200520144314.00-19-989809-X0-19-971161-597866115293451-281-52934-6(CKB)2560000000298756(EBL)415828(OCoLC)476245187(SSID)ssj0000104197(PQKBManifestationID)11122169(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000104197(PQKBWorkID)10079329(PQKB)10865394(SSID)ssj0001662326(PQKBManifestationID)16447019(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001662326(PQKBWorkID)14994323(PQKB)11097002(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023889(MiAaPQ)EBC415828(Au-PeEL)EBL415828(CaPaEBR)ebr10254437(CaONFJC)MIL152934(EXLCZ)99256000000029875620071210d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe anti-intellectual presidency[electronic resource] the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush /Elvin T. LimOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (197 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-534264-X 0-19-985184-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The problem of presidential rhetoric -- The linguistic simplification of presidential rhetoric -- The anti-intellectual speechwriters -- The substantive impoverishment of presidential rhetoric -- Institutionalizing the anti-intellectual presidency -- Indicting the anti-intellectual presidency -- Reforming the anti-intellectual presidency -- Appendix I : the General Inquirer (GI) -- Appendix II : definitions of General Inquirer categories used -- Appendix III : annual messages, 1790-2006 -- Appendix IV : inaugural addresses, 1789-2005 -- Appendix V : presidential speechwriters interviewed -- Appendix VI : the Flesch readability score.Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Problem of Presidential Rhetoric 2. Rhetorical Simplification and the Anti-intellectual Presidency 3. Creating the Anti-intellectual Presidency 4. Substantive Impoverishment and the Anti-intellectual Presidency 5. Institutionalizing the Anti-intellectual Presidency 6. Defending and Indicting the Anti-intellectual Presidency 7. Reforming the Anti-intellectual Presidency Appendix I: The General Inquirer (GI) Appendix II: Definitions of GI Categories Used Appendix III: Annual Messages, 1790-2006 Appendix IV: Inaugural Addresses, 1789-2005 Appendix V: PrPresidentsUnited StatesHistoryPresidentsUnited StatesLanguageHistoryPresidentsUnited StatesIntellectual lifeRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCommunication in politicsUnited StatesHistoryPolitical oratoryUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and governmentUnited StatesIntellectual lifeElectronic books.PresidentsHistory.PresidentsLanguageHistory.PresidentsIntellectual life.RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory.Communication in politicsHistory.Political oratoryHistory.973.09/9Lim Elvin T.1976-853788MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465124303321The anti-intellectual presidency2025008UNINA